Top Names of 1980
The most popular names recorded in 1980 were Laura for girls and David for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official INE data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Laura | 6,628 |
| 2 | Cristina | 6,343 |
| 3 | Maria | 6,098 |
| 4 | Marta | 4,338 |
| 5 | Patricia | 3,981 |
| 6 | Maria Carmen | 3,836 |
| 7 | Raquel | 3,675 |
| 8 | Beatriz | 3,650 |
| 9 | Veronica | 3,485 |
| 10 | Sara | 3,410 |
| 11 | Ana | 3,178 |
| 12 | Rocio | 3,024 |
| 13 | Sandra | 3,003 |
| 14 | Silvia | 2,797 |
| 15 | Ana Maria | 2,718 |
| 16 | Maria Jose | 2,654 |
| 17 | Vanesa | 2,610 |
| 18 | Elena | 2,593 |
| 19 | Lorena | 2,507 |
| 20 | Sonia | 2,278 |
| 21 | Noelia | 2,239 |
| 22 | Nuria | 2,122 |
| 23 | Monica | 1,992 |
| 24 | Miriam | 1,884 |
| 25 | Ana Belen | 1,836 |
| 26 | Natalia | 1,808 |
| 27 | Irene | 1,786 |
| 28 | Carolina | 1,767 |
| 29 | Estefania | 1,716 |
| 30 | Isabel | 1,682 |
| 31 | Lucia | 1,647 |
| 32 | Tamara | 1,647 |
| 33 | Maria Angeles | 1,629 |
| 34 | Vanessa | 1,598 |
| 35 | Maria Isabel | 1,574 |
| 36 | Maria Dolores | 1,559 |
| 37 | Maria Teresa | 1,558 |
| 38 | Maria Pilar | 1,539 |
| 39 | Alicia | 1,508 |
| 40 | Eva | 1,503 |
| 41 | Esther | 1,460 |
| 42 | Susana | 1,411 |
| 43 | Jessica | 1,376 |
| 44 | Maria Mar | 1,366 |
| 45 | Inmaculada | 1,337 |
| 46 | Yolanda | 1,312 |
| 47 | Paula | 1,290 |
| 48 | Lidia | 1,289 |
| 49 | Carmen | 1,288 |
| 50 | Ana Isabel | 1,286 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | David | 9,558 |
| 2 | Javier | 6,786 |
| 3 | Daniel | 6,418 |
| 4 | Sergio | 4,793 |
| 5 | Antonio | 4,781 |
| 6 | Carlos | 4,576 |
| 7 | Alberto | 4,217 |
| 8 | Francisco Javier | 4,115 |
| 9 | Manuel | 3,995 |
| 10 | Ruben | 3,971 |
| 11 | Alejandro | 3,765 |
| 12 | Ivan | 3,632 |
| 13 | Jorge | 3,340 |
| 14 | Jesus | 3,290 |
| 15 | Miguel Angel | 3,266 |
| 16 | Jose Antonio | 3,172 |
| 17 | Raul | 3,150 |
| 18 | Francisco | 3,052 |
| 19 | Jose Manuel | 2,947 |
| 20 | Pablo | 2,815 |
| 21 | Jose | 2,701 |
| 22 | Miguel | 2,623 |
| 23 | Jose Luis | 2,417 |
| 24 | Oscar | 2,362 |
| 25 | Alvaro | 2,275 |
| 26 | Rafael | 2,273 |
| 27 | Adrian | 2,233 |
| 28 | Juan | 2,204 |
| 29 | Fernando | 2,202 |
| 30 | Victor | 2,154 |
| 31 | Diego | 2,147 |
| 32 | Roberto | 2,024 |
| 33 | Angel | 1,862 |
| 34 | Jose Maria | 1,820 |
| 35 | Juan Jose | 1,793 |
| 36 | Francisco Jose | 1,754 |
| 37 | Eduardo | 1,702 |
| 38 | Luis | 1,605 |
| 39 | Juan Carlos | 1,585 |
| 40 | Jordi | 1,581 |
| 41 | Pedro | 1,569 |
| 42 | Juan Manuel | 1,535 |
| 43 | Juan Antonio | 1,508 |
| 44 | Enrique | 1,363 |
| 45 | Cristian | 1,344 |
| 46 | Mohamed | 1,315 |
| 47 | Marcos | 1,293 |
| 48 | Ignacio | 1,276 |
| 49 | Andres | 1,219 |
| 50 | Mario | 1,190 |